Blogging

My second Blogiversary!

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Today is the second anniversary of my first post to this blog! Over that time, I’ve managed:

  • 1528 entries (including this one)
  • 1102 user comments
  • 151 trackback pings

Most of all, I’m impressed at how long the site has lasted – I’ve run a number of sites prior to this and not one has survived as long as this one. It’s probably a testament to Movable Type (and Blogger) that my interest has remained for so long.

Today I go back to university, ahead of my (written) exam on Friday on SQL. I’m going back today to give me time to settle in beforehand. It also meant I could download today’s MS Security patches on a reasonably fast connection. Also, last night I moved MT’s files so that it is running under cgiwrap, which apparently makes the whole thing more secure. I would have had it there originally but I didn’t find the option until a couple of weeks ago.

Happy Birthday Blog!

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It’s exactly one year today that I started the old blog with this entry. During the past year, I have

  • Changed hosts twice
  • Changed blogging tool once (from Blogger to MT)
  • Made a major change to the design 6 times
  • Posted more entries than I’d like to think
  • Gained several regular readers (hi Kim, Richy, Andy, Quanta, Ciaran, MODatic and everyone I’ve forgotten 🙂 )
  • Inspired at least one other person to start blogging

All in all, I’m happy with my blogging, and hope to continue it for as long as I can. Thanks for reading – after all, a blog is nothing if no-one reads it.

Hello!

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Welcome to the new, improved Neil’s World! The blog is now on a different host, has its own domain name, and is now powered by Movable Type instead of Blogger. This means that:

  • The RSS feed is now hosted on the server
  • Comments are hosted on the server, so they should be faster and work better
  • Weblogs.com will be pinged every time I update, not just when I’m using w.bloggar
  • All posts will have a title
  • A list of recent posts is shown on the side bar, along with links to the monthly archives and a blog calendar
  • You’ll be able to remember the URL more easily!

I’m still setting this up, so I’d appreciate any bug reports, comments or criticisms you may have.

Welcome to my world

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Hello, and welcome to my world – a world filled with music, computers and other generally weird things. Please fasten your seatbelts and return your seat to an uptight position, as this may be a jerky ride…

I intend to use this page as an outlet for my thoughts and opinions, and will try to update as much as possible (after all, what’s a blog that lies unused?). I’m not going to give much away about my personality yet, since you’ll hopefully find out all you need to know (and more) about my life as you read on.